Early life and education

Arianda was born in Manhattan, New York, to a Ukrainian family. She grew up in Clifton, New Jersey and Heidelberg, Germany.

She received a Bachelor of Arts from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, the liberal arts college within The New School university, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program in 2009.

Career

Arianda made her Broadway debut in April 2011 in the lead role of Billie Dawn in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday, with James Belushi and Robert Sean Leonard. She appeared Off-Broadway as Vanda in the comedy-drama play Venus in Fur in 2010. The play then transferred to Broadway, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, in early November 2011, and she received dazzling reviews.

In 2014, she starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Tales From Red Vienna. She has appeared in several films, including Win Win, Tower Heist, Midnight in Paris, Rob the Mob and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. In January 2015, she was cast as Molly, the wife of Will Graham (played by her former Broadway co-star Hugh Dancy) for the third season of Hannibal.

Arianda starred in Fool for Love at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in July 2014, with Sam Rockwell and direction by Daniel Aukin. Arianda and Rockwell are reprising their roles on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club production, with previews that began on September 15, 2015 and the official opening scheduled for October 8, 2015.

Awards and nominations

For her performance in Born Yesterday, Arianda was nominated for a Drama League, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play. She won (in a tie) the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.

For her Off-Broadway appearance in Venus in Fur, Arianda received a 2010 Theatre World Award and a 2010 Clarence Derwent Award. She also received nominations for a 2010 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress and a 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. With its run on Broadway, she received her second Tony Award nomination, for Best Actress in a Play and, on June 10, 2012, received her first Tony Award for her portrayal of Vanda in Venus in Fur.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Win Win	Shelly
2011	Higher Ground	Wendy
2011	Midnight in Paris	Carol
2011	Tower Heist	Miss Iovenko
2013	Lucky Them	Dana
2013	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby	Alexis
2014	Rob the Mob	Rosie
2014	The Humbling	Sybil
2016	You Were Never Here	Margeret Lockwood	Post-production
2016	Florence Foster Jenkins	Agnes Stark	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Good Wife	Gretchen Battista	Episode: "Get a Room"
2012	30 Rock	Pizzarina "Zarina" Sbarro	Episode: "Stride of Pride"
2013	Hostages	Lauren	Episode: "Sister's Keeper"
2015	Hannibal	Molly Graham	4 episodes
2015	Master of None	Alice	Episode: "Hot Ticket"
2016	Horace and Pete	Maggie	Episode #1.4

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